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Cook County state's attorney Richard M. Daley is hugged by his wife Maggie after conceding defeat in his bid for mayor of Chicago in February 1983. U.S. Rep. Harold Washington (D., Ill.) won the Democratic bid, giving Chicago its first black Democratic nominee for mayor.

Cook County state's attorney Richard M. Daley is hugged by his wife Maggie after conceding defeat in his bid for mayor of Chicago in February 1983. U.S. Rep. Harold Washington (D., Ill.) won the Democratic bid, giving Chicago its first black Democratic nominee for mayor. (Tribune archive)

Cook County state's attorney Richard M. Daley is hugged by his wife Maggie after conceding defeat in his bid for mayor of Chicago in February 1983. U.S. Rep. Harold Washington (D., Ill.) won the Democratic bid, giving Chicago its first black Democratic nominee for mayor.